Western fires fueled by winds prompt evacuations, forest closures
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Western fires in New Mexico and California have spread quickly due to stormy weather and strong winds.
A haze of wildfire smoke hangs over the Upper Rio Grande valley and the mesa-top city of Los Alamos, N.M., on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) Smoke rising from the Calf Creek Hermits Peak fire burning forests and watershed below Jicarita Peak in the Pecos Wilderness is seen from Taos, New Mexico, U.S., May 15, 2022. (Reuters/Andrew Hay) Personnel work on New Mexico's Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon wildfires (Credit U.S. Forest Service) Firefighters spray water on hot spots during a brushfire near the Griffith Observatory in the hills of Los Feliz in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) A firefighter sprays water on hot spots during a brushfire near the Griffith Observatory in the hills of Los Feliz in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Smoke from brushfire rises between homes and the Griffith Observatory in the hills of Los Feliz in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a news conference with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and top state officials that many residents should brace for potential evacuations all summer.